Alison Hammond's rise to fame after Big Brother stint as she joins Drag Race panel

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Alison Hammond is set to join the judges' panel of Ru Paul's Drag Race UK tonight (October 13) alongside the likes of RuPaul Charles, Michelle Visage and Alan Carr.Tonight will be a big night for the TV presenter as she is up against Ant and Dec in the Best Presenter category at the National Television Awards (NTAs), which will be held live from Wembley Arena in London.Alison joined This Morning as a showbiz reporter in 2003 and later become one of the show's presenters alongside Dermot O'Leary.But how did Alison Hammond rise to fame and what jobs did she have before This Morning?Here's everything you need to know.Following jobs as a cinema usherette and holiday rep, Alison bagged a place in the Big Brother House in 2002. "That was my sliding doors moment," she told Heatworld. "Well, I wanted to do Blind Date because I wanted to meet Cilla and I wanted to meet a bloke, so I thought, 'This is a great thing to do.'"And I was in a bit of debt and someone said you could win £70K on Big Brother and I thought, 'Oh that’s a good idea.'"It was so weird because I got both the offers at the same time, and I had to pick and choose.

I was so shallow, I didn’t choose love, I chose money!"However, Alison was evicted from Big Brother in the second week after sparking complaints from her housemates with her constant eating and for breaking a table by jumping on it.After Alison was evicted from the Big Brother house, she was contacted by the bosses at This Morning who loved her personality and humour that was displayed during her short stint on the show.The now-47-year-old was hired as their celebrity correspondent in 2003 and her disarming friendliness and refusal to take herself seriously endeared her to the famous faces.She famously.